RUSH IN RIO

'''Rush in Rio''' is a live album by Canadian band Rush, released in 2003 (see 2003 in music). The album is also available as a two DVD set. The album was recorded at Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro and was the final concert on the ''Vapor Trails'' tour.
The album was certified Gold in the US by the R.I.A.A. in February, 2004.
The track "O Baterista" was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance in 2005.

Contents

Track listing

Personnel

Easter Eggs

Singles

Miscellanea

Track listing

'Disc 1'
# "Tom Sawyer" – 5:04
# "Distant Early Warning" – 4:50
# "New World Man" – 4:04
# "Roll the Bones" – 6:15
# "Earthshine" – 5:44
# "YYZ" – 4:56
# "The Pass" – 4:52
# "Bravado" – 6:18
# "The Big Money" – 6:03
# "The Trees" – 5:12
# "Freewill" – 5:48
# "Closer to the Heart" – 3:04
# "Natural Science" – 8:34
'Disc 2'
# "One Little Victory" – 5:32
# "Driven" – 5:22
# "Ghost Rider" – 5:36
# "Secret Touch" – 7:00
# "Dreamline" – 5:10
# "Red Sector A" – 5:16
# "Leave That Thing Alone" – 4:59
# "O Baterista" – 8:54
# "Resist" – 4:23
# "2112" – 6:52
'Disc 3'
# "Limelight" – 4:29
# "La Villa Strangiato" – 10:05
# "The Spirit of Radio" – 5:28
# "By-Tor & The Snow Dog" – 4:34
# "Cygnus X-1" – 3:12
# "Working Man" – 5:48
# "Between Sun & Moon" – 4:51 (Bonus Track)
# "Vital Signs" – 4:58 (Bonus Track)

Personnel

★ Geddy Lee - Vocals, bass guitar, and synthesizers

★ Alex Lifeson - Electric and acoustic guitars

★ Neil Peart - Drums and percussion

Easter Eggs

There are two Easter eggs on ''Rush in Rio'':
The first is a cartoon for "By-Tor and the Snowdog." To watch it, play the "Boys in Brazil" documentary from disc two. Push Enter on your remote when Alex Lifeson discusses the song "By-Tor and the Snowdog" at 26:40.
The second is a video of Rush playing "Anthem" from 1975. To watch it, go to the Main Menu of disc 2, and play video clip #2 (O Baterista). Return to the menu after it starts, and select video clip #1 (YYZ). Return to the menu again, and select YYZ once more. Go back to the menu and select O Baterista again, then return to the menu for the last time, and "Anthem 1975" will appear. ("2-1-1-2")

Singles

Information
'"Resist"' ★ Released: ★ Written by: Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson & Neil Peart ★ Produced by: Alex Lifeson and James "Jimbo" Barton ★ Chart positions:

Miscellanea

★ This release is somewhat notable for being the first official live Rush release not following their established pattern of releasing 4 studio albums in between live albums.

★ It should also be noted that this is the first time a complete Rush concert has been released on CD, from start to finish, without adding or taking out songs. (As well as being the first live CD and DVD where Neil's drum solo was done in its entirety.)

★ It also has bonus soundboard "bootleg" tracks that were alternate songs from those played that night in Rio (however, only one song played on this tour isn't on this disc, "Ceiling Unlimited" from Vapor Trails).

★ Furthermore, at this concert, Rush played to its second
★ largest crowd as a headliner (40,000)
★ . Their largest
★
★ crowd was the previous night (60,000), in São Paulo.
★ Rush headlined the then annual "Texas Jam" in Dallas in 1984, that years attendance was above 40,000.
★
★ They had also headlined there at the Cotton Bowl (stadium) in Dallas Texas for a much larger crowd in August/1979 just before recording their Permanent Waves album, that event was called the "Summer Blowout".

★ It is also noted that this show was recorded without either a sound or video check, as the crew had such a hard time driving from Sao Paulo to Rio De Janeiro that they were hours late when they finally arrived, and by the time they finally had everything set up, the crowd was filing in.

★ After this show, Neil's rotating drum riser was destroyed when it was being removed from the stadium by a flat-bed truck whose driver miscalculated the height of the exit.

★ Rush was nominated for a Best Rock Instrumental Performance Grammy Award in 2005 for Neil Peart's drum solo, “O Baterista” (Portuguese for ''The Drummer'') from this album, but they lost to Brian Wilson's "Mrs. O'Leary's Cow".